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1-19 of 19 - Edo, June 27, 2022 >INVENTORY - Paul O'Brian writes about interactive fiction Overall, Bliss is definitely worth playing. Even as I write this review, I'm still having realizations about various elements of the game that continue to revise my perspective, which is a distinct pleasure. Also, its writing is almost completely free of grammar or spelling errors, which is something I've recently stopped taking for granted. I very much hope that the author takes into account the feedback he receives from competition authors and possibly a second round of beta testers, and releases a revised version of the game which stomps the bugs, enriches the puzzles, and cleans up the formatting errors (there are a few, though not many.) Once the polish is on, Bliss will be a very strong piece of short IF.
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A game that challenges fantasy conventions, April 15, 2016by MathBrush In this shortish game, you have to escape a dungeon, slay some monsters, and find the dragon terrorizing the neighborhood. Was this review helpful to you? Yes No Remove vote | Add a comment
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Vicious and insipid., March 1, 2013by OtisTDog This short piece received fairly positive reviews upon its release in 1999, and, when judged in the context of what was available then, I can see that it must have compared much more favorably against the field than it does today. By today's standards, it is poorly implemented, weakly written, and lacking enough positive qualities to outweigh its negatives. Was this review helpful to you? Yes No Remove vote | View comments (1) - Add comment
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The seed of a great game., February 11, 2012by Lazarus Long Bliss plays like the first draft of something really special. A great idea sleeps in the heart of it, but the outside is a coarse, unattractive thing. The plot is necessarily simple: pseudo-medieval D&D-style hero must break out of his cell in the evil wizard's Orc-staffed dungeon to slay the dragon terrorizing the yada yada... Was this review helpful to you? Yes No Remove vote | Add a comment
- Mark Jones (Los Angeles, California), August 2, 2011 - Audiart (Davis, CA), January 8, 2009 - lobespear, November 3, 2008 - Moses Templeton, May 3, 2008 - Stephen Bond (Leuven, Belgium), October 26, 2007 - Tracy Poff (Hamlin, West Virginia, United States), October 19, 2007 Baf's GuideConventional fantasy, mostly--you're imprisoned in a cell by an evil wizard, and you hack and slash your way out--but with a twist about which I'll say no more. Even (or perhaps especially) if you dislike ho-hum fantasy games, this one's worth playing to the end. -- Duncan Stevens
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